Jewish Education and Jewish Identity in the Post-modern Era

The author of the article analysed the profile of Jewish identity and education, indicating some essential problems and describing the way they are being tackled today.As far as Jewish identity is concerned, Z.Gross distinguished and depicted two separate standpoints, thus establishing two kinds of identity: substantive and constructive.She also de

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Topographic Descriptions of the Lower Volga Region as a Milestone in the History of Scientific Studies of the Territory: the 1770s - early 1800s

The article studies the history of creation and contents of topographic descriptions of the Lower Volga Region written in the 1770s - early 1800s.Topographic descriptions are a special form of scientific works aiming to comprehensively analyze the geography, natural surroundings, history and economy of a single governorate or province.In the last q

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Sex differences in neuromuscular androgen receptor expression and sociosexual behavior in a sex changing fish.

Androgen signaling, via receptor binding, is critical for regulating the physiological and morphological foundations of male-typical reproductive behavior in vertebrates.Muscles essential for male courtship behavior and copulation are highly sensitive to androgens.Differences in the distribution and density of the androgen receptor (AR) are importa

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A Review of Nesting Behavior in the Genus Entomognathus, With Notes on E. Memorialis Banks (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

The genus Entomognathus contains at least 4o species, half in the Ethiopian and 30x24x24 wall cabinet in the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental, and Neotropical regions (Leclercq, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1963; Nouvel and Ribaut, 1956; Krombein, 1963).Relatively little is known about the nesting behaviors, host preferences, or life histories of members of th

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